The Maryland Senate gave overwhelming final approval to a bill that legalizes drug paraphernalia and doubles the amount of marijuana subject to civil possession penalties. The 44-3 vote sends an amended version of House Bill 105 back to the House, where final passage in the final days of the session is uncertain.“This is a compromise and as with any compromise there are pushes and pulls,” said Sen. Robert A. “Bobby” Zirkin, D-Baltimore County and chairman of the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee.

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A Baltimore city landlord's eviction of a tenant from federally subsidized housing for marijuana possession cannot be challenged in state court, a judge ruled Monday.

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Congress is investigating the District of Columbia's move to legalize marijuana and demanding documents showing how money has been spent to change the city's pot laws.

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The nation's capital will become the first place on the East Coast with legal recreational marijuana after a voter-approved initiative takes effect this week.

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A bill to remove convictions for marijuana use or possession of less than 10 grams from criminal records received a lukewarm response from the Maryland Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee Thursday.

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President Barack Obama opposes a measure that would stop the District of Columbia from legalizing marijuana, but he still plans to sign a major spending that would do just that.

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(AP) Elected officials and drug-policy advocates hoped to make the nation’s capital the first place on the East Coast with legal pot. They were optimistic that Congress wouldn’t intervene, pointing to a Republican caucus that’s far from unified against pot. ...

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Elected officials and drug-policy advocates hoped to make the nation's capital the first place on the East Coast with legal pot.

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(AP) Police say a Broadneck High School student eating a pot brownie in class panicked when his teacher asked him for a piece of the treat, and he is now charged for obliging. Anne Arundel County police said Tuesday that ...

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A U.S. private equity firm announced Tuesday it has joined the family of late reggae star Bob Marley in hopes of building what it touts as the "world's first global cannabis brand."

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